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THANK YOU to the 152 of you who completed your surveys! We've got a few stragglers, so be sure to answer them as soon as you can.

I have a super fun update for you today. Nathan managed to secure some additional funding, and we're going to add THREE more adventures to the book! We funded the initial Level 12 and the first stretch goal for a Level 1 adventure. We're now going to add a Level 3, 6, and 9 adventure. Check out these amazing stories.

Zavier Bates will provide us with our level 3 adventure: Law Keepers Labyrinth

Within the center of a large city run by a magocracy, those who have committed crimes worthy of greater punishment are sent to the magically created labyrinth beneath the ordinary jail. The labyrinth slowly wears away the mentality of those incarcerated within, but unfortunately, mistakes happen. An individual who was prosecuted months prior and sent below has now been proven innocent and needs to be released. This is no easy task, as the labyrinth has a variety of non-lethal traps, spells, and functions to facilitate its purpose. The rooms of the labyrinth shift each time the door of the previous room is shut, and while those inside do not need to eat or drink to survive, the surprises within do not make the stay enjoyable.

Maria Gata is writing our level 6 adventure: Help! There’s a dungeon in my living room!

The remnants of an adventuring group known as the ‘Stone Llamas’ have put forth a job request:

“Discrete adventurers wanted. Must know how to read, follow instructions, & fight hordes of monsters. Pay in platinum or magic items.”

As the ‘Stone Llamas’ studied a recently obtained relic, a dungeon staircase appeared in their living room. Turns out the relic was a puzzle and a dungeon! Although their wizard figured out how to solve the puzzle (which they assume will turn the relic back into an inanimate cube), the puzzle pieces/dungeon rooms are moved from within the dungeon. The wizard moved all six control rooms together to avoid having to traverse the dungeon while he solved the puzzle, but this drove the dungeon monsters into a frenzy. While fleeing the now monster-infested dungeon, half of the ‘Stone Llamas’ were banished to other planes. The other half needs to find them and rescue them. 

Meanwhile, monsters are spilling into town. The remaining ‘Stone Llamas’ will provide an annotated map & the wizard’s detailed instructions on how to solve the puzzle to the party. All they need to do is get to the control rooms and enact the wizard’s plan before the town finds out that all of the monsters are coming from their living room.

V.J. Harris will write our level 9 adventure: The Void of the Wilds

Once worshipped as the physical manifestation of a powerful nature god, the Voidblossom was corrupted when touched by energy from an aberrant plane. Now craving the darkness, it used its massive vines to drag the temple and all its worshipers deep below the surface, hiding it away from the eyes and minds of the world for many centuries.

Professor Zylthana Tultha, a respected elven botanist and middling druid, has spent her life searching out the secrets of the natural world and cataloguing them, seeing it as her grand mission to educate the world on everything the land possesses. Their studies have led them to the location of the temple and the Voidblossom, once known as The Flower of the Wilds. The characters have been hired to escort them through the temple. Given her long life (678 years) and many expeditions, she has offered them their pick of the treasure she has found across the years.

We hope you'll find this a welcome addition to your book, and we feel it allows for a more even level spread. Plus, now you get 5 adventures to use with your cube!

As we stated during the campaign, we've always planned to ship the printed books and the cubes separately due to multiple factors. Adding these adventures will not impact when your cube arrives (which I'm pretty sure is what most of you are most excited about. ;) ). That being said, we know you'll want to get your hands on the stories as soon as possible, so we plan to deliver a preliminary PDF of the initial two adventures once cubes start to ship. Both adventures are through the editing and art phases and in layout--right on schedule. Check out these goblin triplets HodagRPG created for us.

 

So yes, this will unfortunately delay when you receive your physical books, but we hope you agree that the wait will be worth it! 

Finalizing the layout design on the second full color prototype took a bit more back and forth with the manufacturer than anticipated, and our artist then moved cross-country while we were working out the last of the kinks. But we are back on board, and the second (and last, barring any glaring issues) prototype is currently in production. We expect to receive it within the next 2-3 weeks, and once we do, we'll send out a last call on surveys.

That was a big update! Let us know if you have any questions, and we'll be in touch very soon!